Conferences and Events
Hosted Seminar Series
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Series
A bimonthly lecture series, held on first and third Tuesdays during the academic year at 9:30 a.m., featuring scientists whose research interests complement those of departmental faculty.
Work-in-Progress Seminar
A bimonthly forum, generally held on second and fourth Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m., for students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty to present their ongoing research and gain valuable feedback from colleagues.
Spring FY2026 WIP will be held on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m., unless noted otherwise
September 25, 2025
Jujun (Jack) Zhou, Ph.D. (Cheng Lab)
Gundeep Kaur, Ph.D. (Cheng Lab)
October 9, 2025
Jee Won Hwang, Ph.D. (Santos Lab)
Melanie Prodhomme, Ph.D. (Wood Lab)
October 23, 2025 POSTPONED
Biji Chatterjee, Ph.D. (Ishak/Rai Labs)
Zeba Siddiqui, Ph.D. (Wood Lab)
October 30, 2025
Puspa Das, Ph.D. (Cheng Lab)
Kevin Wanniarachchi, Ph.D. (Ishak Lab)
November 13, 2025
Jiahua Wang, Ph.D. (Cheng Lab)
Manashi Priyadarshini, Ph.D. (Bratton Lab)
November 20, 2025
Meigan Yu, Ph.D. (Cheng Lab)
Sukanya Roy, Ph.D. (McBride Lab)
December 11, 2025
Lillian Xue (Gautier Lab)
Dhurjhoti (DJ) Saha, Ph.D. (Bartholomew Lab)
January 6, 2026
Yalong Wang, Ph.D. (Bedford Lab)
January 13, 2026
Meigen Yu, Ph.D. (Cheng Lab)
January 27, 2026
Nakyung Oh, M.D. (Ishak Lab)
Monika Zelazowska, Ph.D. (McBride Lab)
February 17, 2026
Taiping Chen, Ph.D.
February 24, 2026
Han Xu, Ph.D.
March 3, 2026
Bhaskara Govinal Badiger, Ph.D. (Ting Lab)
March 10, 2026
Yuzhen Li, Ph.D. (Wood Lab)
March 24, 2026
No meeting this week
March 31, 2026
Leilei Shi, Ph.D. (Bedford Lab)
Jisun Lee, M.S. (Cheng Lab)
April 14, 2026
Julie Beltran (Cole Lab)
Nicholas Zehrbach, Ph.D. (Ishak Lab)
April 28, 2026
Alexandra Krylova, M.S. (Ting Lab)
May 12, 2026
Dorcas Oladapo (Wood Lab)
Wei He, Ph.D. (Xu Lab)
May 26, 2026 (postponed—no meeting today)
Mingyu Lee, Ph.D. (Bedford Lab)
Qin Chen, Ph.D. (Cheng Lab)
Related Seminar Series
Graduate Program in Genetics & Epigenetics (G&E) Monthly Student Seminar Series (GEM)
Held on the second Thursday of the month at 12:30 p.m., this series is organized and presented by students from G&E labs. Most GEM seminars feature two student research talks.
Enjoy Science Seminar Series
The Enjoy Science seminars highlight the faculty research across UT MD Anderson and are typically held on first and third Thursdays at 10 a.m.
John H. Blaffer Lecture Series
The Blaffer Lecture series, organized by the Department of Genetics, is held on Tuesdays at noon during the academic year. Blaffer speakers are prominent researchers from a variety of fields and trainees have the opportunity to meet in a small group setting with the speakers.
Conferences & Retreats
Graduate Program in Genetics & Epigenetics (G&E) Retreat
The G&E Retreat was held November 7, 2025.
Center for Cancer Epigenetics (CCE) Annual Spring Retreat
The CCE retreat, featuring keynote speaker Benjamin Sabari, Ph.D., from UT Southwestern, was held at Round Top Festival Institute, May 8–9, 2026.
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminars
Seminars will be held on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m., unless noted otherwise
Monday, August 3, 2026 - 2:30 p.m.*
TET-mediated epigenetic regulation in cancer and aging
Yun "Nancy" Huang, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Director, Center for Epigenetics and Disease Prevention (CEDP), Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M Institute of Biosciences & Technology
*Note special day and time
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Regulation of DNA damage repair pathways by the protein phosphatase EYA4
Eloïse Dray, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Tuesday September 15, 2026
Luigi Perelli, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Biology, UT MD Anderson
Research Interests: Oncogenesis, cancer evolution and metastasis, cancer as an ecosystem
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Bing Ren, Ph.D.
Director and Chief Executive Officer, New York Genome Center
Associate Director, Vagelos Institute for Basic Biomedical Science, and
Professor of Genetics and Development; Systems Biology: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University
Research Interests: Epigenetic control of gene regulation and development; higher order chromatin architecture
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Speaker to be announced
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Keji Zhao, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health Distinguished Investigator
National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Research Interests: Epigenome biology
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 (tentative)
Scott Rothbart, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Epigenetics; Director Cancer Epigenetics Training Program
Van Andel Institute
Research Interests: Chromatin and epigenetic regulation
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Speaker to be announced
Tuesday, December 15, 2026
Speaker to be announced